Bryan Stoudt begins a new series today. Bryan is the author of one of ESN's widely visited posts, Advent Awakening: How the Story of the Wise Men Can Transform our Worship Once Again. He also blogs regularly at http://www.bryanstoudt.com/. Part 1: On Caring for Your Family During Grad School (Scholar's Compass) Shoot. As I heard the front door open from my basement study, I grew frustrated. I've been reading and studying all day and there's still SO much more to do. “Hey, honey, I'm home!” I heard my wife's … [Read more...] about Loving Your Spouse, Kids (And Anyone, Really) While You’re Still In School—Part 1
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The Alps, Prayer, and Scholarship
“Sometimes we hear it said that ten minutes on your knees will give you a truer, deeper, more operative knowledge of God than ten hours over your books. ‘What!' is the appropriate response, ‘than ten hours over your books, on your knees?” – Benjamin Warfield, Princeton Seminary, 1911 address to students Reflection I have been surrounded by books for as long as I can recall. As a child I could hear the footsteps of my parents coming up the stairs as a signal to turn the light out and stash the stack of books under … [Read more...] about The Alps, Prayer, and Scholarship
Book Review: Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (2)
Working in university ministry with grad students, I am often asked the question of just how this thing of integration of faith and learning is supposed to work. Mark Noll's Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (Eerdmans, 2011) is a landmark answer to this question. In one sense, his answer is the very simple, Sunday school answer -- Jesus. Yet behind this simple answer is some very profound theological thinking. Noll not only sees the life of the mind encouraged through our union with Christ, which unites all things … [Read more...] about Book Review: Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (2)